[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

When I wake up again, the first touch I feel is the softness of the pillow.

...Alphonse!

Tony Stark sat up suddenly from the bed, looked around and found a circle of people around him.Gold Mujik, who was rescued, had a complex look of pretending to be calm, apologetic and disdainful: "Tsk... the Mujik family will never owe favors, I use the wounds on your body that are unique to our family. The medicine was used for rescue, and finally there was no sequelae."

After finishing speaking, he stumbled and choked out another sentence: "Thank you very much for coming out to save me at that time."

The person who was thanked had no time to talk to him at all.With a somewhat anxious expression, Tony Stark looked around the crowd, and found that Alphonse was lying on the opposite bed with his whole beard and tail, and only a handful of blond hair was exposed when the duvet was wrapped around his body.After confirming the safety of the other party, he reluctantly breathed a sigh of relief: "God, I thought something happened to him."

Strange glanced at him slowly: "You don't have magic power on you, those Kelpies in the water feed on the magic power of humans, but most humans are creatures without magic power, so they can only take the next best thing. It’s just to absorb life force as a substitute, and the legend of cannibalism has been passed down because of this. In fact, as long as enough magic power is delivered, these guys don’t necessarily have to embarrass others.”

"..."

Tony was slightly relieved. Fortunately, the other party didn't seem to have paid a high price: "Then why hasn't he woke up yet?"

"Fever from falling into the water, loss of body temperature due to blood loss, loss of magic power, choking on water, but all of them together are not as serious as the injuries you suffered at that time."

Gold Mujik said at the right time: "Just need to rest well... You were bleeding internally at the time. Seriously, it's better not to quarrel with those goblins."

Talking as if you weren't the one who caused the accident first, Tony glared at the other party, and his gaze made Mujik take two steps back in a timely manner.

"However, no one expected that the famous Iron Man himself would appear on this magic eye collection train."

Stephen Strange raised his eyes and began to complain slowly: "Now that everyone in the train knows about it, it is estimated that your existence will directly increase the transaction price this time. The guy who is not a magician can actually board this train, A lot of people think it's too messy."

Loki turned back into the appearance of a black cat, squatting on the sofa and watching everyone with disdain.He was able to cause such a big problem just by taking advantage of parking to develop a few believers. Sure enough, none of the ants in the courtyard were reliable, and he still had to rely on himself to make eyes for that idiot Sol.

Asgard should really build him a golden statue!He paid so much for Asgard!

"It's fine if you can afford it. There have been examples of people from the Holy Church Church coming here before."

Gold Mujik shrank his neck and muttered unwillingly: "This car itself is open to anyone who intends to buy the magic eye."

Tony Stark rubbed his eyebrows unwillingly, and politely invited them all out of the room after confirming that they were of no help to Alphonse's recovery.Everything returned to silence, and with the slight shaking of the train running on the rails, Tony Stark turned his head to look at the jeweler lying on the other side of the bed, and groped to lean over.

The fat man said that he had ruptured his internal organs, but now he has been well healed by magic.It was only when Tony stood up and walked around that he realized that he still had a vague muscle pain, and it seemed that the magic treatment hadn't completely cured him.

Among the quilts, Alphonse's forehead was slightly hot, and he was suffering from a low-grade fever.Tony reached out to try it, and the temperature was still acceptable. It is said that if too much magic power is drawn out of the magician's body at one time, a series of complications will occur. It just so happens that this train is driving in a land vein rich in magic power. Originally, this had no effect on Alphonse at all, but a series of coincidences resulted in his current weak state.

Accompanied by skin contact, the lake-green eyes slightly opened, and the confused and moist pupils were like young deer in the deep forest: "... Stark?"

"Al."

He agreed in a low voice: "Do you drink water? I'll get you some... Sorry, I never thought there would be such a dangerous thing in the river."

Fumbling and stretching out a hand from under the quilt, Alphonse raised his head and stretched his neck to forcefully drink a little before shrinking back, remembering to respond listlessly: "It's okay, you don't need to apologize to me."

"I--"

"You should have noticed the anomaly in that river at the time, otherwise you wouldn't have put on your battle suit right away."

Alphonse's voice through the quilt was a little dull: "You took the initiative to choose to save him, and you are not completely ignorant. But it doesn't matter... I think this is a heroic act."

Because that's what Iron Man is.

The instinct of a magician is to weigh the price, and live cautiously like dancing on the tip of a knife. Edelfelt is called the balance of measurement, and he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goal.

But he's not like this - for a hero, "saving others" is like an act engraved in the soul, Alphonse can almost be sure that although this guy is full of complaints, he really needs a hero When standing up, he will never take half a step back.

Just like today, like every day.

The gem dealer blinked his eyes under the blanket, and when he woke up, he was much better. He struggled to get out, but was pushed back under the blanket quickly by Tony: "There is nothing you need to worry about in the car now. , sleep again."

"If you go back to sleep, you'll have a headache."

The other party shook his head and stood up. With the movement, the white robe on his body changed into a close-fitting black suit.Alphonse's waistline was outlined in a proper shape, and his long blond hair hung down to his shoulders: "Go to the car and check the situation, it's the organizer's fault that such a thing happened, even though it was the Mu who stepped into the Fairy River Jike deserves it, but generally speaking, the magic eye collection train should not let people die casually during the journey."

Tony nodded and followed behind Alphonse, seeing that the other party still hadn't recovered from his vain footsteps, he couldn't help asking again: "They...I mean those things, what price did you pay? They took them away How much magic power did you lose?"

"Humans will go into shock after losing one-third of their blood, so I don't think it's too much."

The jeweler stretched out his hand, staring at the light blue blood vessels under his wrist: "And I reminded them to be careful."

"remind?"

Tony couldn't help frowning: "You're still sick—"

"I can speak Fairy Tongue."

Alphonse thought for a while, and then he reassured the other party: "Most goblins are inappropriate in the eyes of humans because goblins have a different concept of injury and death from humans. The Nordic gods returned to Valhalla after they died in battle. Souls will reunite and be born again. Pulling ordinary humans into the fairy town with high concentration of magic is almost equivalent to death, but in the eyes of the fairies, this is an ordinary invitation. So if someone tells them, "If humans lose too much The blood will die', and their first reaction might be that drinking half is not too much."

——I only ate one of his arms and one leg. If I left it on the shore, it would grow back by itself after a while. As for why he died suddenly, that is definitely not my problem.

This kind of simple value has derived many horror stories about evil goblins. In fact, the difference in the living conditions of the two creatures is so great that it is simply unacceptable.

In the goblin's own world, there may even be complicated relationships between the strong and the weak who also have wisdom, such as predation and predation, and gecko's tail-docking to survive, which is completely incomprehensible to humans-as The only intelligent life on earth, even the existence of the Atlanteans of the same origin is enough to shock the high-level.

To this, Tony: "..."

This is not only the high-level human beings, but it also shocks me.

With a look of lingering fear on his face, he recalled once again belatedly that he once lived with this kind of thing, and his life in Fairy Town was definitely a near-death experience. It was much darker and more terrifying than what he expected and glimpsed.

With a somewhat rejoicing expression, Tony Stark held Alphonse's wrist, in exchange for an inexplicable look from the other side.

However, he didn't intend to explain anything. Under the wrist of the other party, the pulse was beating steadily and powerfully.

"We have already understood the situation. I am sorry to have caused you an accident, Mr. Edelfelt, Mr. Stark."

Rodin, the conductor of the train, and Leondra, the auctioneer, who were blindfolded, came to apologize, although their attitudes were not apologetic at all, they were in a businesslike tone: "The auction will be officially held tomorrow, I wish you all the best! Buy the magic eyes you want, and if Mr. Edelfelt wants to sell your magic eyes, you can also entrust us to consign them. If necessary, the magic eye collection train will try our best to meet your requirements .”

The other party obviously heard the news that Thousand Boundary Tree intends to buy these eyes.

However, Alphonse didn't intend to worry about this detail. He is thinking about another thing now: "Since we say that we can meet the requirements as much as possible... Although this request is presumptuous, can you let us see your cab?"

This request did step on the opponent's red line, but it has not been completely crossed. Alphonse looked at Rodin's expression and said: "You know, this gentleman...Mr. Stark is very good at non-magical techniques. There is research, if possible, he really wants to see this train running on the spirit vein."

"..."

There was a brief silence.

Although both of them used various methods to cover their eyes, Tony Stark still felt the scrutiny from the other side.

"You're not a magician, but you care about mystery, don't you?"

After a long time, Rodin said with emotion: "Well, we can meet your requirements."

Strange didn't have the slightest interest in how to drive the train. He brought a lot of magic books with him on this trip and was studying them every now and then. The Supreme Mage was so busy that he didn't have time to enjoy traveling around.In the form of a black cat, Loki yawned in front of the mountains of macarons and puddings at the dessert bar. The people in the atrium were also unaware of their blunt skills, and they couldn't catch up with Asgard's taillights at all.

So, in the end, only Tony and Al were the only ones who went to the cab.

RailZeppelin, as the name suggests, is a train dedicated to selling magic eyes.The magical eyes collected from all over the world, whether artificially created or naturally generated, are gathered here and sold to the public through the annual auction.The inside of the car is a different world, a carefully crafted magic workshop, and the train travels on the ground, and most of the time it is difficult to see its traces.

"Although I have heard of Al and El-Melloi II's science popularization from the beginning..."

Tony stared at the structure of the cab in shock: "It's just that I really didn't expect that the structure of this train is so..."

"—Superb? After all, you are not a magician. It is only natural that you will be surprised when you see such a superb magic workshop for the first time."

The conductor Rodin said with some pride.

"It's so—shallow."

Against everyone's eyes, Tony Stark finally said this frankly.

Alphonse: "..."

He knew it.

Rodin: "..."

He struggled to control his expression. Even magicians like them who don't care about world affairs have heard of Tony Stark's tendency to speak rudely: "Excuse me, what did you just say?"

"Simplicity, do I need to say it again? The aerodynamic structure of the entire train is very poor, and it is completely maintained at the level of the old trains of the last century. You must know how far Japan's Shinkansen and China's high-speed rail have developed... And the dynamics mode almost maintains the level of the old steam trains, although I can understand that some things have a longer history, but you must have not even made breakthroughs in high-speed wheel-rail technology and magnetic levitation."

The mustache businessman said in a very condemning and natural tone: "Also, look at it, if the foundation of all human beings to grab energy is compared to heating hot water, then the hot water heating ability of your train is obviously not good. The current high-speed railways have already begun to use pantographs for high-speed traction.”

No matter how good-tempered a person is, he will not feel comfortable being criticized like this, and Rodin and Leondra are obviously the same. The female auctioneer who covered her eyes warned in a serious tone: "Pay attention to your words, Si Mr. Tucker, the magic eye collection train is a train driven by magic power. It has nothing to do with the pantograph and steam train you mentioned. The magician's technology is definitely not in the category that ordinary humans can understand, even if you are such a Passengers on the train who are about to participate in the auction, we will not tolerate your contemptuous remarks because of this."

"A wise man says nothing without a reason."

Tony raised his eyebrows, and pointed to a stuffing tank in the center of the cab, where a magical azure glow was emitting, so it looked exactly like the Cherenkov radiation on Iron Man's chest: "Although I I don’t have a deep understanding of the occult, but the power furnace of your car...let’s call it a power furnace handle, and the stuffing inside is magic eyes? Is this train powered by these two eyeballs?”

"Of course, Mr. Stark, this is also one of the meanings of the Rail Zeppelin. It can drive a train with such complex functions, and there are multiple spells inside it. In addition to galloping to grab the power of the earth, the train itself also needs a majestic supply of magic power, and such power can often be obtained from magic eyes—these magic eyes that are consumed as fuel are all artificially generated Although it also needs the cultivation of a Homunculus mother, except for the eyes, the extra body is just waste."

The attitude of the other party was extremely understated and taken for granted, but the words he said rang like thunder in Tony Stark's ears.

Although he already knew that the magician's world was a crazy and paranoid world, but no matter how much preparation he had made, the truth made him feel even more shocking.

"Human beings are the most suitable creatures on the earth today except for fantasy species such as goblins. The magic eyes that have been deliberately transformed by artificial humans can be called concrete magic circuits. After special magic adjustments, It is the most suitable fuel for this train. By the way, the attack method of the magic eye collection train also has the magic eye to be completed directly. A considerable proportion of the huge profits from the annual auction is used for this train. Self-maintenance, fuel supply and magic protection."

In the furnace core of the train, two eyeballs floated up and down in the blue-glowing liquid, occasionally bubbles would pop out gently, like a jar of specimens in a university biology laboratory.

But that's...

Tony Stark turned his head to look at Alphonse with an expression of disbelief, the other party lowered his golden eyelashes, and stood beside him calmly and quietly.

The observation report of Alphonse Bathermelo Edelfelt, one of which has an encryption level of 8, is sealed and stored in the internal archives of S.H.I.E.L.D., and is only preserved in the form of paper documents.

[The subject of the mission has a slight tendency to self-destruct, and is always ready to completely sacrifice his life for a certain research.The content of the research has not yet been identified, and further observation is urgently needed.Reporter - Agent Kevin]

Tony Stark took a deep breath, adjusted his expression and breathing, and tightly clenched Alphonse's hand.

Let it go, future.

The author has something to say: General note: The magic eye collection train directly burns the magic eye as a weapon is an anime setting, but the burning magic eye drive and the source of these mass-produced magic eyes are secondary settings.

I believe the scale of the mushrooms is definitely bigger than mine.